To address a significant demographic issue, the authorities promote marriage and report an improvement. It may not be real.
Hu Zimo
China’s New Residential Surveillance Rules: Reform or Consolidation of an Abusive System?
The new regulations institutionalize a system known for its abuses and often used against religious dissidents.
“The Battle of Penghu”: Weaponizing History, Again, for Propaganda Films About Taiwan
China’s use of historical cinema to push reunification narratives is drawing criticism even within its own borders.
Recruiting the Gods: China Represses Religion at Home but Weaponizes It in Taiwan
The goddes Mazu, the divinized general Guan Yu, and other deities are mobilized by CCP propaganda to promote the reunification narrative.
The Long Arm of the Dragon: A Film Festival Crushed Before It Began
The IndieChina Film Festival in New York was sabotaged by a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by the Chinese government.
“Silent Honor”: China’s Latest TV Drama Turns Spies into Saints—and Taiwan into a Sentimental Target
It’s not just espionage chic. The Ministry of State Security developed a script that evoked strong feelings about the “unavoidable” reunification.
The World Conference on China Studies: CCP’s Global Academic Rebranding Campaign
Moving from “Sinology” to “China Studies” signals Beijing’s attempt to control and manipulate international scholars—some of whom are happy to cooperate.
China’s Draft Law on Ethnic Unity Threatens Minorities—and Religions Too
Religious organizations are explicitly included among the agencies that should mandatorily spread the nationalist one-China myth.
(Further) Politicizing the Army: China’s New Military Regulations
While corruption is real, fighting it is also used as a pretext to tighten the Party’s control over the military.
China Is Now Giving Money to Encourage Couples to Have More Children
The reversal of the disastrous one-child policy is remarkable. However, the regime still refuses to admit that the brutal enforcement of that policy was a crime.
Hu Zimo
Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.